Thursday, May 10, 2007

Medicine vs. Religion: HPV Virus Vaccination of young women

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended that women between 11 and 26 be vaccinated for the HPV virus. Religious groups are effectively banning the vaccine because they fear it will encourage promiscuity.

Why would you support the vaccines?

Why would you oppose the vaccines?

Discuss.

Discuss Mitt Romney's Mormon Religion Impact on his Presidential Candidacy

What do you think of Mitt Romney?

What do you think of a Mormon becoming President?

What are the analogies to John F. Kennedy's presidency, when people were concerned about his Catholic faith?

Will the concerns about Mitt Romney answering to the LDS church prophet be as baseless as the concerns about JFK answering to the Pope?

What about Al Sharpton's comment that "those of us who believe in God" will defeat Romney?

Has Al Sharpton stuck his foot in his mouth?

What do you think?